Contents
1 PowerEdge R740 system overview.................................................................................................................8
Supported congurations..................................................................................................................................................8
Front view of the system.................................................................................................................................................10
Left control panel view...............................................................................................................................................12
Right control panel view............................................................................................................................................ 15
Back view of the system................................................................................................................................................. 16
NIC indicator codes.................................................................................................................................................... 18
Power supply unit indicator codes............................................................................................................................18
Drive indicator codes........................................................................................................................................................21
LCD panel..........................................................................................................................................................................22
Viewing Home screen................................................................................................................................................23
Setup menu.................................................................................................................................................................23
View menu.................................................................................................................................................................. 23
Locating the Service Tag of your system......................................................................................................................24
System information label.................................................................................................................................................24
PowerEdge R740 – Front system information label.............................................................................................. 24
PowerEdge R740 – Service information.................................................................................................................26
2 Documentation resources............................................................................................................................ 29
3 Technical specications................................................................................................................................31
System dimensions........................................................................................................................................................... 31
Chassis weight................................................................................................................................................................. 32
Processor specications................................................................................................................................................. 33
Supported operating systems.........................................................................................................................................33
PSU specications...........................................................................................................................................................33
System battery specications........................................................................................................................................ 34
Expansion bus specications..........................................................................................................................................34
Memory specications.................................................................................................................................................... 36
Storage controller specications....................................................................................................................................36
Drive specications..........................................................................................................................................................37
Drives...........................................................................................................................................................................37
Optical drive................................................................................................................................................................37
Ports and connectors specications..............................................................................................................................37
USB ports....................................................................................................................................................................37
NIC ports.....................................................................................................................................................................37
VGA ports................................................................................................................................................................... 38
Serial connector......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Internal Dual SD Module or vFlash card..................................................................................................................38
Video specications.........................................................................................................................................................38
Environmental specications..........................................................................................................................................39
Standard operating temperature..............................................................................................................................40
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